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title: ★★★ The sisters draw things beginning with M. Which list fits the ru… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The sisters draw things beginning with M. Which list fits the rule without a mistake? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 19 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

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★★★ The sisters draw things beginning with M. Which list fits the rule without a mistake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, beginning · **What happens:** draw, begin, fit · **To what, where:** things, list, rule

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t19:1
# text = ★★★ The sisters draw things beginning with M. Which list fits the rule without a mistake?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	draw	draw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	M.	M.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | present | ★ ★ the sisters | things |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | gerund |  | which list |  |  |  | with M. | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent list=Eventuality with m.=Subeventuality |
| 3 | **fit** | present | beginning | the rule |  |  |  | without a mistake | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mouse-traps, the moon, memory, muchness, mice and the mad March Hare

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t19:o1:1
# text = Mouse-traps, the moon, memory, muchness, mice and the mad March Hare
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	traps	trap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	muchness	muchness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Muchness, the moon, the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t19:o2:1
# text = Muchness, the moon, the sun
1	Muchness	muchness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mouse-traps, the moon, treacle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t19:o3:1
# text = Mouse-traps, the moon, treacle
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	traps	trap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	treacle	treacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Mouse-traps, the moon, memory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2:t19:o4:1
# text = Mouse-traps, the moon, memory
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	traps	trap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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